Package for storing and shipping.



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PACKAGE PoR sToRING AND SHIPPING.

APPIIIOATION FILED MAB. 10, 1902.

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JOSEP-H M. HOMMEL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PACKAGVE FOR STORING AND SHIPPING..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,803, dated February3, 1903. Application filed March l0, 1902. Serial No. 97,1146. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may 00u/cern: p

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. HOMMEL, a citizen of the 'United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Packages for Storing and Shipping;and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to packages for storing and shipping goods, andhas for its object an improved package made of combinations of Wood andpaper both and secured together by wire wound spirally and1coveied`beneath an outer covering with paper.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the part of the externalcovering broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section.

The receptacle comprises, iirst, an inner ,layer of paper or similarfibrous material A,

wound spirally and preferably Wound double, as shown in Fig. 3, with theouter layer B breaking joints with the inner layer. To these are placedlongitudinally strips C of Wood or similar strengthening material,placed somewhat in the manner of staves, although not necessarily soclosely joined at the edges as the staves in a barrel. Around this iswire D in a spiral form in grooves cut spirally around the staves andoutside the wire strips of paper again wound spirally. In making theseApackages, I prefer to make it in the long practically continuous tube,which is cut oif into lengths to make the package of the .proper length.

The heads of the package E are secured. in any suitable wayas, forexample, by cutting the inner layer of paper and forming a shoulder a,on which the head E rests. Th'e head, of any suitable material, is thenplaced in the package resting on the shoulder a and secured by nails b,preferably driven through a hoop c, that secures and protects the end ofa package, and an inner hoop d, placed over the head` E, holds the headin place. A number of layers of paper or fibrous material inside thestaves, and the number of paper or fibrous material external to thestaves and the closeness of wind of the spiral Wire or the use of thespiral wire at all, depends on the nature and size of the package. Forlarger and stronger packages the number of coils of the wire around thepackage may be made to accord with the use to which the package is to beput, as when a great strength is required more coils of wire will beused than where little strength is required.

.The staves may be laid in place either running from end to end of thepackage or some of them breaking joints, as indicated at F in Fig. 2.Preferably the various layers of material are cemented together. Y

What I claim is- 1. In a package, the combination of an inner layer offibrous material spirally wound, a strengthening layer oflongitudinally-arranged staves, a strengthening-Wire spirally woundaround the staves and an external covering of fibrous material spirallywound, substantially as described.

2. In a package, staves laid longitudinally to the axis thereof, aspiral groove of a plurality of turns in the outer surface thereof, anda continuous wire laid in said groove and fastened at its ends.

3. In a package, the combination of an inner layer of fibrous materialspirally wound, a strengthening layer of longitudinally-arranged slatsprovided with a spiral groove, a strengthening-wire laid in the spiralgroove .l and an external covering of fibrous material spirally Wound,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH M. HOMMEL. Witnesses:

MAY E. KOTT, C. F. BURTON.

